Health Condition 1: M059- Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Control Intervention2: Standard Ayurvedic Care and standard modern care: this is an observational study because here intervention are not done by the investigator and
Sponsors
State Ayurvedic College and Hospital Lucknow
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients coming to Kayachikitsa OPD, State Ayurvedic College, Lucknow having joint symptoms clinically diagnosable as amavata, for not less than 6 months. 2. Patients previously diagnosed for having Rheumatoid Arthritis (ACR 2010 criteria) and having been treated through standard modern care for not less than 3 months under the supervision of a qualified rheumato-logist/clinical immunologist/ orthopedic surgeon/ neurologist or a specialist physician. 3.Minimum 6 joints (swollen or tender) involved at the time of registration in the study. 4.Patients having concerns about their ongoing modern care for joint disease and are willing to take ayurvedic therapy either in continuation with ongoing modern treatment or are willing to reduce or stop the modern medication. This also includes the patients who have stopped their modern medication at their own long back.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patient with chronic rheumatoid arthritis having developed joint deformities . 2.Patients having additional joint pathologies (Gout/OA) besides having RA. 3.Patients currently or previously (in past three months) on steroid therapy. 4.Patients who were on some Ayurvedic therapy in past 3 months. 5.Patients having impaired renal or hepatic function 6.Pregnancy and lactation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| a comparision of pre and post treatment observation between outcomes and also a of outcome between those on ayurvedic management alone and on concomitant ayurvedic and modern care.Timepoint: 90days | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| any adversity related to the concomitant use of ayurvedic interventions and modern medicineTimepoint: 90days | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Krishna Gopal Sharma
State Ayurvedic College and Hospital Lucknow
Outcome results
None listed